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2.4 Setting the Organisation Structure
Once the content and benefits of Airport CDM are understood
and the objectives have been set, the most
crucial phase starts, which is to organise a project for
Airport CDM activities, where the project will be managed
properly according to an agreed timeline with all
partners involved.
Lessons from airports implementing Airport CDM
have learned that this phase often results in long,
sometimes stalling, discussions on who finances the
project, who runs the project, and how to organise
sub-projects and monitor progress at the steering
board level.
reference group, and several sub-projects including
Sub-Project Managers, executing the actual work.
Depending on the size and complexity of the
airport the proposed functions should be performed
by a limited or a larger number of staff.
The Strategic Steering Board should be high level
management, preferably the Chief Operations Officers
(COO) of the individual partners, or one level
below the COO. The board should have access to
performance review and operational expertise, which
usually is available for the COO in charge. This Steering
Board can be an existing steering board monitoring
multiple projects, in order to utilise existing human
resources.
Figure 3 shows a generic organisation scheme which
consists of a high management steering board, one
Project Manager with supporting staff, an operational
The Strategic Steering Board can be advised by EU-
ROCONTROL, Airline Operations Committee (AOC) if
not already part of the SSB, or other external bodies.
Strategic Steering Board
AOC
Advisory Group
Project Manager
Communication & Marketing
Support Staff
Working Group
Sub-Project Manager
Sub-Project Manager Sub-Project Manager Sub-Project Manager
Sub-Project:
Concept Elements
Sub-Project:
Training
Sub-Project:
Technical
implementation
Sub-Project:
Concept
Validation
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Figure 3: Basic Organisation Structure for the Airport CDM program
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